CNN Goes Wall-to-Wall over DC Algae

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Well, hello, everybody. Welcome to the Time Stars Radio program. I hope you had a great weekend. Man, it was uh What a weird news cycle this weekend. And a couple of stories that we're going to be following today on the program.

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So, the two big stories, not necessarily in this order, whatever is happening with the Lincoln Reflecting Pool there on the Washington Mall in our nation's capital. Where the algae has apparently come back in. Full Fury. It is quite something to behold as CNN has been doing wall-to-wall coverage. It is somewhat breathtaking the level of news coverage that CNN and all the other networks are engaging in.

They have turned a blind eye to some of the biggest stories in the world, including the, if you want to go all the way back to the botched. The bunched evacuation of Kabul, Afghanistan. But they didn't think that was a big story. But by golly, the return of the algae. To the reflecting pool is apparently the number one news story of the decade.

Even ABC News Jonathan Carl sticking his hand and pulling up some of the liner, some of the paint that has come off of the bottom of the reflecting pool.

Now, look, I'm not a pool expert, and I do not pretend to be one. But I can tell you that the algae is in fact back. They're telling us that apparently this has to do with the the pipes and the drainage systems. And so we'll see if they get it all figured out. But what I find fascinating here is that We now know That There were people, including, I mean, these are very bad people.

Gosh, several dozen of them have been arrested for vandalizing the pool. And some of them are alleged to have torn, I think President Trump said, a 300-foot gash. In the lining of the pool, there was a three-time former U.S. Olympian. Who was arrested?

for vandalism as well. And all I can tell you is, by the way, the president's wanting to throw the book at these people. We're talking about 10 years in prison, 10 years in prison. for vandalizing federal property. These people are completely insane.

You actually have people literally protesting in defense of pond scum. Who does that?

So, look, I have a theory about all of this. And, you know, one of the things that Hollywood loves. Is the dystopian world? I mean, all the dystopian movies, they love the grit and the grime and the ugliness, this brutalist architecture coming from the 1950s and 60s out of the old Soviet Union. They do not love beauty.

Liberals do not love what is beautiful. And you can, I'll just give you a great example of this, and I mean nothing wrong with this, I mean nothing by this. But but hear me, and I'll give you a great example. For the average American man, beauty standards are defined by the ladies walking the runway at the Miss America pageant, right? You want beautiful, talented ladies.

Who look good in a dress or a swimsuit and have some sort of a discernible talent that makes our nation great. For example, being able to twirl a baton that is on fire. I mean, that's talent. That for the average red-blooded American man. would be the ideal woman.

On the other side, you have these morbidly obese women with moustaches and magenta hair, and they're wearing the Birkenstocks and they smell of patchouli oil. That would be the That would they're not classically beautiful, but that would be the idea of beauty for a a soy boy. And so, beauty, classical beauty, it's not in their repertoire, if you will. And that's what's going on.

So, when you see President Trump and his efforts to make DC beautiful again, and the President has done a remarkable job of that, I mean, cleaning up Union Station and Columbus Circle and the beautiful fountains, and getting rid of all the dirt and the grime and the filth, and actually restoring water and getting rid of all the graffiti. And the Liberals are enraged over this. They are appalled by this. And why are they appalled? Because they prefer ugly.

That's who the demo these these liberals prefer ugly. And it's a sad thing. But that's the reality of it. And that's why they would prefer that people live in squalor. You know, when you drive around and look at some of the federal housing projects across the nation and the filth, that is because the Democrats, that's what they love, that's what they aspire to.

They want people to live in filth and squalor. And then along comes Donald Trump, and he says, No, we've got to do something about that. Another great example: the Kennedy Center. The thing is literally rotting. Parts of the Kennedy Center are literally rotting.

There are gaping holes where water is pouring through, it's filthy. When you walk into, and I remember years ago, I was invited to attend something at the Kennedy Center, and I was taken aback by the smell of mothballs. When I walked in, I thought, ooh, wow. Wow, what is that smell?

Well, it was the smell of of death and grime and rot. And the president comes in and says, Well, we got to do something about this. The Kennedy Center is supposed to be our premier theater. And it's falling apart. And the Democrats stepped.

Oh, oh, you can't do that. How dare you? They would rather it be in great disrepair. I mean, that's who the Democrats are.

So Am I surprised at what they've done? Yes, I'm surprised. Who does that?

Who would take their time? Who would go down to the reflecting pool and literally take a knife? And rip through. and rip through the Yeah. Who would do that?

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That's 901-260. five nine two six So look, I want to go back to this. Crazy story involving the algae and the weird, the weird story. that these liberals are rooting for the algae. The liberals are literally rooting For the pun to scum.

Now, Janine Piro is the U.S. Attorney for DC, and she says, Look, you're creating big, big problems for yourself if you're going out there. And you're doing damage to the reflecting pool. Cut number six, please. These are cases that will be prosecuted to the full extent.

If there are more serious products that are put into the reflecting pool to create more algae or a bigger problem, then we'll consider more serious charges. But make no mistake, making DC beautiful is a priority. And if you damage, vandalize, or do anything to impact something like the reflective pool, you can be prosecuted.

Well, I say throw the book at all of them. I mean, we ought to be going after everybody. The folks that are vandalizing the statues, trying to tear down the statues, throw them all in jail for crying out loud. That's what I say. 901-260-5926.

That's 901-260-5926. President Trump, by the way, revealing 10-year prison sentences for all of these left-wing vandals. Cut number seven. This is a sad story because all Americans, I don't care about your political stripes, enjoy the reflecting pool. But as Charlie points out, we're talking about someone who's gone from competing in Olympic-sized swimming pools to being accused of vandalizing the reflecting pool along the mall.

And of course, he ends up in cuffs. And apparently, he's not the only one. We're speaking of a former Olympian canoeist, 67-year-old David Hearn, three-time Olympian, by the way, said he was cycling by the monument on Friday. He noticed a piece of the pool's underliner floating in the water, but authorities didn't buy his story at all. And now they're accusing him of being one of several individuals of trying to sabotage the project with a pair of arrests being made so far.

In fact, the president said as much in a post on True Social, announcing, many additional people have been arrested having to do with the discussion. Disgraceful vandalism of our beautiful reflecting pool. What these terrible vandals have done is a true affront to both Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and should be dealt with accordingly. They also poured corrosive and destructive chemicals into the pool. Finally, he adds this: We are very proud of what we have done with this magnificent structure and we'll get it repaired quickly to an equal level of beauty.

Now, the pool, which had been restored to a beautiful cerulean as part of the America 250 celebration, spent years mired in an algae-covered state until the big cleanup. But suddenly, we started reading reports of a new algae bloom forming and the peeling lower coating. Critics said it was a shoddy job done by the contractors. Turns out that's not true at all, and now we know why.

Now, the cleanup of this $14 million project is ongoing, even at this very hour. But given the fact that the 4th of July is right around the corner, To get it ready, they're going to have to work around the clock, guys. All right, there you go, ladies and gentlemen. Um What a mess. What a great big mess.

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In the meantime, Ladies and gentlemen, there has been a lot of talk about Iran over the weekend. And one of the interesting components of the story, we're going to get into more of this on the other side of the break here. One of the more interesting components to all of this is that orders have now gone out. That, and I'm not even sure that these orders came from President Trump. I'm almost fairly certain they have not.

But anyone who disagrees with JD Vance. Has to be destroyed. And that is the message going out on social media that anybody who disagrees with the administration's policy on Iran, which is now, well, as of over the weekend, it is now reaching some sort of a peace deal. That if you don't support that, if you don't support all of that, that somehow makes you a very bad person. And we're watching over the weekend a number of people on social media platforms who were literally suspended and they were accused of sharing disinformation only because they disagreed with the administration's policies when it comes to Iran and what to do with Iran.

And this is a very troubling thing here, folks. And I sort of got pulled into all of this. In a very weird, roundabout sort of a way. I know Mark Levin is enraged right now. He doesn't know what's going on.

He feels as though J.D. Vance is. you know, his, I don't know, his enemy. right now, and Levin is on the war path. Michael Savage is on the war path against Mark Levin.

And then Tucker Carlson just announced that after thirty five years, he is no longer a supporter of the Republican Party.

Now, my position here has been pretty consistent from day one. I don't believe that Trump is starting a new war, and I don't believe this is going to be a forever war. The fact of the matter is, in 1979, in 1979, that's when. Iran declared war on the United States. We should have taken care of business back then, but we did not.

and instead every other President has kicked the can down the road.

Now I don't know what sort of a deal they're going to end up working out. That remains to be seen. All the information is being held very close. They're not showing their cards.

So anybody who's out there saying, okay, here's what the deal is, they don't know what they're talking about. They just don't. But still, I don't believe you can trust the Iranians. Do you? Do you believe that you can actually trust the Iranians?

They haven't been trustworthy from day one, ladies and gentlemen.

So, we'll see how all this plays out. But again, as it now stands, there is apparently some sort of a deal on the table that would need to be worked out over the next 60 days. That puts us well into August, September in the throes of the campaign, and we are still going to be dealing with Iran.

Now, the question is: what about gas prices? Will oil start flowing through the Strode de Formuz? And if so, how quickly are those gas prices going to come down? That's the big issue on the minds of the consumers. And if gas prices are going to come down, how quickly are they going to bring down prices at the grocery store?

I mean, those are big. You know, I was. I was going to a barbecue joint just the other day. This is in Memphis, a barbecue joint. Went through, drive-through.

Dylan Ape A two meat platter, almost $40.

So I just I just went on to Kroger. $40. That's why people are getting a little frustrated right now. All right, we got to take a break. 901-260-5926.

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Good morning there, Mr. Starnes. And I just want to say we need more people like you with an objective view on the radio. But I've been following this uh thing going on between Iran and the US. And I tell you what, Trump's falling flat on his face with that.

And I just told your call screener that. Uh I think past generals and all would really be embarrassed about this. You can't start a war and stop it in the middle, and you can't do peace with terrorists.

So now you have the IRGC who are still running the country. And I've said this before: American people don't have the stomach for it, but you're going to have to put boots on the ground. You cannot bomb people from the air and expect to win a war that way.

Now, whose boots go on the ground?

Well, we really don't know. But Trump started this whole thing and he needs to finish it. And I don't know if you're as frustrated with this as I am, but I'm retired from the military and I've watched this stuff. And I was in Iraq and we finished the job, finally got Saddam Hussein kicked out of the box.

So this thing needs to be finished. And 60 days, they're going to take. And right up to the midterms, this is going to be a disaster. And another question I have is: who is advising Trump? Is Trump thinking all of this up on his own?

I mean, the order to deal, it ain't here.

So, you know, I'll let you talk now, but that's pretty much my opinion. He needs to finish the job. Anthony, look, there's a lot to unravel here. First of all, clearly, there are two sides to this. I think Heg Seth and Rubio were on the side of: let's go in, let's finish the job, and let's get it done.

On the other side, you have Tucker Carlson and J.D. Vance. And Jared Kushner, and I would say Don Trump Jr., because now all of those guys are out there on social media and they're trying to destroy anybody who anybody who just said what you said, Anthony, is being destroyed on social media right now. I mean, they are literally trying to cancel any conservative who wants to go in and put boots on the ground. Right, right.

And you're not going to finish you you can't fight a war just from the air. It's impos you can't do that. How can you verify that the nuclear materials that they they have are going to be secured and that the murderers that are over there and what about the Iranian people? What's he going to leave them hanging? If he leaves that regime in place, those people are going to still be stuck in that stuff.

Isn't that going to and didn't he say something about getting them help?

So he's not keeping his promise to those people. You know what I think about Trump? He makes a lot of threats and he doesn't follow. I'm watching, he makes all kinds of threats, and he never follows through with them. Going back to the Minnesota thing with the Insurrection Act, he was going to invoke that, never invoked it.

So, what's going on in Minnesota? Nothing's changed. He pulled the ice out of there. That's what he did.

So, you know, you look at this stuff and say, who's in charge here? Susie Wiles, Stephen Miller, aren't they advisors of him? Maybe they're helping him advise him. With poor advice, but I just sit here and watch this stuff, and all you can do is sit back and let the chips hit the floor, keep on rolling, and when they run out of steam, they'll fall over wherever they fall over, and there's really nothing we can do. No, there's really nothing you can do.

The president has clearly aligned himself with J.D. Vance. And here's the challenge. Let's say we reach that 60 days. We're going to be, what, somewhere in August, September, getting close to September.

What's going to stop Iran from launching another attack at the end of the 60 days? That's exactly right. And another thing is Israel and Hezbollah They shouldn't even be a bargaining chip in this. Trump says he jumps all over Netanyahu because Netanyahu's. Messing up his beautiful peace deal, but yet he needs to tell Iran: say, hey, look.

Hezbollah and Israel are not part of this deal. This deal is between the U.S. and you people who are running Iran right now. But why it's like, I don't know what to say anymore.

Well, Anthony, no, no, no. Here's what should have happened. And this is where I do get frustrated.

So over the weekend, it was clear the Iranians were backtracking, and Trump comes out and says, you know what? You're going to do this. And if you don't, I'm going to blow up this. And your people may not be coming back home from the peace talks. Instead of threatening again, I would have just blown up whatever you're going to blow up.

Send a direct message to the Iranians. Right, he throws these threats out there and he doesn't follow through with them. And now the Iranians, I had read an article where the Iranians are not taking his threats seriously, and I don't blame them. But anyway, I kind of vented. You're doing a great job.

I love listening to your show. And like I said, we need more people in the radio like you who are more objective about these things because you kind of presented from both sides, you know. But it's some of this stuff is so obvious. I mean, I read a lot of comments on like Breitbart and the gateway pundit and all. And the people are right with us where they're saying, hey, I didn't vote for this guy to be mediocre and not follow through with this stuff.

Yeah, I mean, how are you going to. Anthony, I'll give you another example. And then I'm going to have to, I've got to let you go. But let me just give you another example here. How many times did we hear the White House say we're going to be defunding any public school that promotes transgenderism or this gender ideology?

I mean, we heard it around the clock. And now when you look, these schools are openly flaunting the rules and regulations from the president's executive orders. And not a single one of these school districts has had any of their federal funding withheld. Not a one. Not a one, because lawlessness produces more lawlessness.

That's all it does. And it it has you have you seen anybody go to jail? No, you have not seen anybody go to jail. No one's been held accountable for anything. Nobody.

Anything. All right, Anthony. I got to run, Anthony, but I appreciate you calling in. Anthony is loaded for bear here, everybody, but he's got a lot of points. I mean, he's right.

There is a lot of talk, but the question is the follow-through. 901-260-5926, our number, that's 901-260-5926.

Now, by the way, someone asked me about immigration.

Well, we've got the numbers according to Homeland Security. Only 900,000 illegals have been deported so far during the President's second term. That was as of uh last May.

Now, Homeland Security says more than 3 million have just voluntarily self-deported. Are you buying that? Are you seeing those numbers?

So if that's the case, then they're saying more than three million people have departed the U.S. But again, I would contend we've got probably about thirty to forty million illegals actually here in America. I don't believe the the ten to twelve million. I certainly don't believe that. But all I'm saying is, the administration, they've got to be able to back up the tough talk with action here.

And as soon as the as soon as the Iranians had gone squirrely, I would have hit the button.

Okay, we're going to blow this up. You're going to keep messing around. Here's what's coming up next. I'm just telling you, that's how you got to operate with these Iranians. They only respect Toughness.

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By the way, these these soccer fans from around the world are just the stories are they've pretty much taken over social media now. And one guy decided, Dylan, to take his son. He's here with his son. And they decided to go to a fancy restaurant. In Texas, you know, because they wanted, you know, they want a good meal.

You want to be able to eat someplace memorable. And so I was thinking, oh, wow, they went to Morton's or, you know, Ruth's Chris. Where would they go to take their, you know, to go out for a fancy meal in Texas of all places?

So, here's that experience, cut one. Yeah, I don't normally go to fancy restaurants, but like I'm in America with my son, so I'm like, let's go to Texas Roadhouse. It's unbelievable. First of all, they give you these peanuts. You can eat as many as you want.

She's like, yeah, just take a bag. Then they come out and they put this bread on the table, and I'm like, I didn't order the bread. It's like oh that's free. And it's like, and she goes, and if you want more bread, we'll just give you more. And this bread is...

it's as nice as bread can possibly be. If you're an Australian, try and picture the most unbelievable bread. Like Subway bread. Got this fancy butter. Then they give you the Coke.

Of course it's America, so it's unlimited refill. And then It was all like ribs and steak and chips. There was an onion that had been deep-fried, and you dip it in the sauce. It's You just leave there so happy. And then Australians are all like, yeah, but in America, you've got to tip.

No, you don't have to tip. You want a tip. These people are the most wonderful people in the world. I don't even know why you Americans are so angry all the time. You guys have Texas Roadhouse in your country.

You shouldn't just be walking around wanting to hug everybody.

Well, there you go. I've never seen someone so happy and overjoyed to be at a Texas Roadhouse. By the way, I haven't been there in years, Dylan. And here's what gets me about that. You know, back in the day, they just bring you the peanuts.

And you'd crack the peanuts and there there are just shells all over the floor. Yeah, yeah, right. It's so messy in there, but it's like the genuine American experience. I mean, when you go there, it's like the bread. The cinnamon butter.

The cinnamon butter. I mean, you can't really be that at all.

So, well, the thing, the thing that really surprised me about this was that the peanuts now come in packages.

So, they've kind of like gone upscale.

So, they just don't bring out the big. I mean, it used to be like what a big bowl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You just throw them anywhere you want to. They don't care.

It's America. But now, I guess they're packaging up. I guess so. It makes less cleanup for the crew. Yeah, I guess.

But, you know, where's the fun in that? But the guy, you know, there's one overarching theme, and this is like across the board. Everybody from over there is shocked at two things: the free refills and the ice. Yeah. Yeah.

Free refills is like a you know a Crazy thing for them. They have to pay for refills. in their countries, at least in the UK.

Well, yes, and there's no ice in Europe. I don't know what the deal is. I went to a hard rock cafe in Rome. This is years ago, and I'm like, where's the ice? You had to ask for ice.

Oh, you have to ask for it. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Your drinks do not come with ice in Europe. I I never would have thought that we have a luxury of ice here.

Unbelievable.

So, and air conditioning appear. Oh, that's the other thing. Never go to Italy in the summertime. Most of the smaller hotels, the boutique hotels, they don't have air conditioning. Craziest thing I've ever seen.

And then, this Brit, he's talking about three things that America got right. Cut number two. My ancestors will not like me for saying this, but there are things America does that are better than the UK. And these are three that I can think of right now.

So, if you're American, let me know if you could live without these things. Number one, college sports. In the UK, university sports is basically seven people playing football next to a car park. In America, college sports looks like the Olympics had a baby with the Super Bowl. We're talking sell-out crowds, marching bands, fireworks, mascots on a paid salary.

I thought people would stop supporting their college teams. Oh no, I asked somebody, how long will you support this team for? You know what they said? Forever. In the UK, our university mascot is just a bloke named Jacob with a stained hoodie.

Number two, drive-through banks. When I first saw one, I just thought Americans had become too lazy to commit financial fraud indoors. But honestly, incredible idea. In Britain, going to the bank feels like you're attending a council meeting about your financial decline. In America, you can still deposit a check while being emotionally supported by your car seat and an iced coffee.

That is innovation. And finally, endless refills. This nearly moved me to tears. In Britain, if you ask for another Coke, they look at you like you've requested a second mortgage and it'll cost you an extra four British pounds every time. But in America, oh, the waiter just appears every six minutes like some fizzy drink guardian angel.

Oh, they'll keep appearing. Hey, would you like a refill? Absolutely. I had one sprite in Texas that I'm pretty sure technically never ended.

So, yeah, they are three things America absolutely got right.

Well, it's our pleasure. I mean, we had to kick your butt during the war. We get that.

Well, not once, but twice. The second time, we took up personally. You burned down our White House for crying out loud. But again, yes, these are the things that America does and does quite well. I have traveled all over the world.

Nothing, not a single country measures up to America. Not a one. All right, let's go to Oregon. Andrew, what's on your mind today? I just want to see what your thoughts are on the Charlie Kerr trial and everything going on surrounding that.

What do you mean? We weren't talking about the Charlie Kirk trial today, but is there a particular issue that you wanted to bring up? I'm just I'm seeing all stuff on arm. On them trying to stop certain things from being said in the trial about The trains issue, the bullets, keeping cameras out, the death penalty. I'm just curious.

Well, your thoughts on all that. Yeah, so look, I've been following the trial not every single day. I think there's a lot of controversy right now over was he killed over the transgender issue, or is the shooter some sort of a lackey? Was you know, there have been allegations that Israel was involved. There's no evidence of that.

So it's pretty much all over the place as far as. Who d who did it and why? All right. I've sitting here watching your your episode and It just crossed my mind of you obviously knowing him and stuff like that, so I was curious what your thoughts were. Yeah, it's a terrible thing that happened, and we've got to get to the bottom of it.

For me, I'm all about transparency. You know, I want to know who did it and why. If there were others involved, I think they ought to be held accountable as well.

So, you know, it's but it's a are we ever going to get to the bottom of it? Andrew, probably not. And that should bother all of us. You know, there are a lot of conspiracy theories out there. Do I think that this guy acts?

I mean, if you're asking me my personal opinion here. I don't think we know the full story yet. I really don't. No, I agree with you. I don't think we do.

And like you said, I don't think we ever will. And that's unfortunate. Yeah, it is unfortunate. It should not have to be that way. I think we're, you know, we should be at a point in our history and our country where we should be able to handle the truth no matter how ugly it is.

Andrew, I've got to run. That music means we've got to scoot out. Ladies and gentlemen, our satellite feed has been restored. Hour two of the big show. Coming up next.

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Happy Monday to you, and welcome to all of our radio listeners. Westwood One has restored our satellite feed, and all is well with the world.

So we're so happy to have you along with us for this hour of conversation. I want you to write down our telephone number. You will need this today: 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Well, America's big birthday celebration right around the corner.

America's 250th. All sorts of celebrations underway. Our next guest has written a terrific book that you need to read called Miracles in American History: 32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayers. Our next guest is a nationally known speaker, has written over 20 books. and uh speaks all over the country.

He has a daily radio feature called American Minute. Doctor, we're just honored to have with us William Federer. William, hope you're doing well today. Hey, Todd, great to be with you.

Well, congratulations on this exciting book. And I have to imagine what an appropriate time to be talking about miracles in American history. Yeah, well, Teddy Roosevelt said, in no other place and at no other time has the experiment of government of the people, by the people, for the people been tried on so vast a scale as here in our own country.

So when you look at the span of world history, it's basically kings: Nimrod, Pharaoh, Caesar, Kaiser, Sultan, Tsar, and kings are glorified gang leaders, and it's all top-down rule by mandates. And ancient Israel was the first instance of a nation ruled bottom up that pre-King Saul period. And that was the inspiration for the Puritans and the pilgrims who founded America.

So America is an experiment of a polarity change in the flow of power. Instead of top-down ruled by government mandates, it's bottom-up ruled by we the people. I'm wondering, as you were putting together the the collection of stories here, there are thirty two. Did you have a difficult time finding stories of answered prayers in American history? Oh, there's so many of them.

Squanto, here the pilgrims are blown off course, land in Massachusetts. Half of them die the first winter, and they wouldn't have survived, but out of the woods comes an Indian speaking to them in perfect English. Squanto, he had been kidnapped, lived in England for a dozen years, is dropped off the winter before the pilgrims land. And you can just imagine him walking out of the woods and going to these pilgrims. Hi, you guys from England?

Yeah, I used to live there. And he was able to teach them how to catch fish, trade with the Indians, catch beaver skins. And William Bradford says he was a special instrument sent of God for their good beyond their expectation.

So this was an initial miracle in American history, but there's lots and lots more. Give us some examples of a few more.

Well, the French and Indian War, George Washington is his general Edward Braddock is killed and he takes command and the 900 British die and he gets back to Fort Cumberland and he's writing a letter to his younger brother. He goes, you know, sort of like Mark Twain, stories of my death are exaggerated. But he says, by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I've been protected beyond all human probability. I've had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot out from under me, but escaped unhurt. And of course, if Washington would have died there, he wouldn't have been alive to lead us during the revolution.

But there's lots of stories during the revolution. And if you want, I can share a couple of those. Sure.

Well, the Battle of Brooklyn Heights is the biggest battle of the Revolution. It's the entire American army and the British find a loyalist who leads the British troops through Jamaica Pass to attack Washington from behind. On August 27, 1776, 3,000 Americans die, only 300 British. If we lose here, it's over because there's no second string. And Washington is pinned up against the water and he wants to evacuate his troops, but it's obvious that the British would see.

But his chief of intelligence, Major Ben Talmudge, says the next morning that a providential fog obscured both camps and allowed the entire American army to evacuate. He says, Those of us that remained in the trenches became very anxious for our own safety. And when the dawn appeared, there were several regiments still on duty. At this time, a very dense fog began to rise off the river and settle in a peculiar manner over both encampments.

Well, Washington's on the last boat that leaves, the fog lifts, the British charge, no one's there. The war could have been over right then, but it didn't. And there's others, and even one like Benedict Arnold. William Federer is joining us on our Patriot Mobile newsmaker line today. The name of the new quote Miracles in American History: 32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayer.

You know, it's interesting, William, as we get ready to celebrate America's 250. It's just shocking to me that there are so many people that are standing up and opposing a lot of the celebrations. And I think maybe their hatred of President Trump is clouding their patriotism, or maybe they just really don't like America. Yeah, there's a globalist trend. And one of the books I did on socialism, it's called Deconstruction, where you separated people from their past, get them into a neutral where they don't remember where they came from, and then you can brainwash them into the future you have planned for them.

It's a sales technique. If I was a toothpaste salesman, the first thing I do is tell you a bunch of negative stuff about the toothpaste you're currently using. You're still brushing with that stuff. Ooh, you're repulsed by it.

Now I have you in a neutral. You're open-minded where all the toothpaste is out there. Then I give you my pitch for this brand new target control breastfresher.

So that's what they do. They go into the classrooms and intentionally tell the kids bad things about the founders. They took land from Indians. They sold people into slavery. Forget the fact they gave you a country where you're in charge of your life and all of us together are in charge of the country.

Forget that. They're all bad. And so the kids are now in a neutral. You say, hey, let's have a comparative religion class. Let's start with Islam.

Oh, the semester ends. We didn't get around to get around to Christianity. And then they give their push for LGBT, trans socialism, Islamism. Whatever. And Europe went through this.

It went from a Judeo-Christian Europe to a secular French revolution, free, sex, anything goes.

Now it's turning into a socialist Islamic Europe with Muhammad being the number one name for newborns. But when you look at the real history, America has this miraculous history of trusting God in times of crises, with even days of fasting and prayer, like when the British burned the White House. James Madison had a day of fasting and prayer to Almighty God. I'm curious, when you I don't know if you've been watching many of the interviews from the European tourists coming to America, really from all over the world. They've been coming to America and they've just been genuinely shocked and surprised at how nice the country is, how nice the people are.

And I think they may be buying it. They have been bought into this national narrative that America is the big Satan, responsible for all the evil in the world. And they come here and they find out that's just simply not true after all. Yeah, there was one from France that I saw, and he said, Nobody in France smiles at you when you walk down the street. He goes, Every single person smiles and asks how I'm doing.

And one girl was eating an In-N-Out burger, and she goes, This is the best burger I've ever had. And she says, There's even scripture verses on the bottom of the cup. But yeah, this is a land where we have freedom. And in Europe, they're putting people in jail for forwarding a tweet. It's ridiculous.

I think, though, that you were talking about what's happening in our nation's education system, and my greatest concern is that we have not gotten that fixed just yet. And that is a crucial component to fix because I think that American kids, at least for the past couple of generations, have been taught that there's something wrong with us, that there's something wrong with our way of life. And we've got to fix that. Yeah, they've gone from telling the Christian history to ignoring the Christian history.

Now they're teaching that Christianity is the problem with the world and that Islam is wonderful. And it's like, wait a second, people forget that Muhammad was a warrior and Islam enslaved tens of millions of Africans. And they sort of gloss over that. That in America is the first place to have a war to free slaves. That's never happened in an Islamic country.

Things are unique in America, and it comes down to we get rights from a creator, not the government. And then the government's purpose is to guarantee to us our creator-given rights. And this creator is not a respecter person, so we're all equal. These are all biblical ideas. All right.

So again, the book here, folks, Miracles in American History, Thirty Two Amazing Stories of Answered Prayer. William, where can people go if they want to get a copy of the book? Oh, thank you, Todd. It's AmericanMinute.com. AmericanMinute.com.

And we go from the Revolution, the War of 1812, an 1849 cholera epidemic, where the President Zachary Taylor had a day of fasting and prayer. Even Woodrow Wilson had a day of fasting and prayer when we entered World War I. We tell the Sergeant Elvin York story and Patton's D-Day prayer story and even Richard Nixon's Apollo 13, right, when he had a day of prayer. And so these are times in our country's past where there's a crisis, they pray, and things turn around. And it needs to build our faith so God will do it again.

All right, folks, got to get yourself a copy, AmericanMinute.com. That's AmericanMinute.com. William, we're going to have to leave it there, but we sure do appreciate you joining us today. And happy Fourth of July. We're giving you an early happy Fourth of July.

Well, same to you, Todd, and all the wonderful viewers and listeners. All right. William Federer, ladies and gentlemen, on our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line, fun little patriotic book that you need to be reading: Miracles in American History: 32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayer. All right, coming up, we're going to be checking in with our good buddy Ralph Reed, the road to the majority conference coming up in our nation's capital this week. Also, Paul Renner is running for governor there in the great state of Florida.

We're going to be talking with him as well. What a big mess that is down there. And by the way, what's going on in the state of Georgia?

So over the weekend, I was getting reports of this, and so I'm going to need some help from our Georgia listeners. But apparently the Republicans were throwing some sort of a big rodeo. They were rolling out all their candidates and hardly anybody showed up. And one of the things I'm hearing is, and this is something we have heard in Tennessee and other places, that the Republican establishment shoving aside grassroots supporters, and as a result, they are dampening the enthusiasm heading into the midterms. But that was a shocker to see so many empty seats there at the Georgia Republican Party's big rodeo.

901-260-5926. Our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, welcome back, everybody.

And Friday, I was invited to say a few words at a political event. There's a big barbecue dinner in Piperton, Tennessee. It was a really good turnout. About 150 people turning out on a Friday night for free barbecue. And to hear from State Senator Brent Taylor, Senator Taylor is running to be the next congressman in the newly created 9th congressional district.

And one of the things I said, and I told the crowd, is that our greatest enemy is going to be complacency. And we have seen this play out in Republican race after Republican race since Trump got elected. And for whatever reason, Republican voters are demoralized and they're just not getting out and voting. I mean, that's just the bottom line.

So, anyway, over the weekend, there was this big hullabaloo in Georgia. They were supposed to have a huge rodeo that was sponsored by the Republican Party in Georgia. They were rolling out all of their candidates. And I mean, it looked like hardly anybody showed up. I mean, the video cameras and a lot of conservatives, and I guess there's a lot of infighting right now in Georgia between the grassroots and the establishment.

And as a result, people are taking some shots. Look, same thing is happening in Tennessee, same thing is happening in Florida, where they don't want anybody debating Byron Donald's, which is a weird thing. And we're going to get to that in just a little while. But anyway, let's go to the phones here: 901-260-5926. David in Gainesville, Georgia, listening to us on WDU.

And David, what do you make of this the no-show rodeo? Hey, buddy, how are you doing? I'm glad to get on the show. I love listening to you. You're a great American.

Thank you.

Okay. We were I'm actually on Trump force team when he was elected in 2024, and we heard nothing about the rodeo. There's no billboards, no signs. No public ad any advertisement whatsoever, nothing on TikTok. no nothing.

And so that's probably the reason there's low turnout. It was just Nobody knew anything about it. Yeah, that's not the first time I've heard that complaint. There's just not a lot of promotion, not a lot of marketing. You would think for something that big, I mean, if they're going to use that as their big, like, Woohoo Rodeo that they would be promoting it out the wazoo.

Exactly. Exactly. And you know, with Truck being a little bit wishy washy on things too, it's not helping any of them. I mean, he wants to give her he said he's not giving Iran money.

Now he is giving Iran money and nobody knows what's going on.

So You know. But like I say, pretty much we just didn't know anything about it.

Well, that's I mean, that is good to know, but it's also a little concerning because we've got a lot writing on what happens in November, and it's all hands on deck, David. Do you think the Republicans there in Georgia, at least leadership-wise, are doing what they need to do to get everybody jazzed up here? Not at all. Not at all. But I'm sure they're still getting paid for it.

No doubt about that. Why do you think that is? they need to either. Wait, who is that? Oh, hello, wife.

That was my wife, Dandy. Hi, Debbie. What were you saying?

Okay. I said The volunteers are not really good they're not in for out in force like you would think they would be either. We have seen and I've just seen firsthand that grassroots conservatives, the volunteers, the folks that would get out there and just work their rear ends off, they just get shoved to the side. And it's the craziest thing. And it just seems to me that you would want those people involved because those are the worker bees.

Yeah. Well, in twenty twenty four, they gave me a list of of Republicans that hadn't voted yet, and I went door to door, you know, to help them uh offer them a ride to the polls or whatever they need to do to be able to vote. And uh I haven't heard a thing. Nothing about the midterms, nothing. Only we did get a visit from uh Um Doug Collins no, what was his name?

Mike Collins. Yeah, my Collins and uh he we got a yard sign, but that was the only one that we had. Whatever. So, anyway.

Well, David, I appreciate the update. I wish I could tell you I was surprised. We were hearing some similar stories in Texas, by the way, when I was boots on the ground there a couple of months ago and hearing the same sorts of things.

So it does make you wonder what's going on here and why Republican parties across the country are basically shoving the grassroots conservatives off to the side. That is something that should be concerning. And, folks, I'm telling you, this is a wake-up call. You've got to make sure that you do not demoralize the base. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number.

That's 901-260-5926. We're going to be taking your calls on that. Yeah, that's. It's not a good look. I mean, you've got basically this huge stage.

All this dirt I don't even see any cows or horses or whatever you do at a rodeo. I haven't been to a rodeo in a long time. But more dirt than people. That's That's never a good, that's never a good sign. 901-260-5926, our telephone number.

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So there you go. All right, let's go to the phones here. Tom in Georgia, listening to us on WDUN. Hi, Tom. What's on your mind today?

I just heard your. conversation about the Georgia rodeo. It was a funny. I'm a Georgia committee person. And I received, I think it was last week, it had to be within 10 days, an email from our Um, head of the Georgia GOP, Josh McComb.

talking about the radio. That that was the only piece of literature I received. on promotion. The the real reason nobody turned out At the state convention, Uh would be over a year ago. The establishment basically stole the thing and basically did everything they could to thumb their nose at MEGA.

And so If that's why and another data point. In the last Primary runoff. Only 7.5%. registered Republicans voted. Wow, that low.

Are you kidding me? That low in Georgia? 7.5%. That's abysmal. That's just shocking.

Why is that? Have you guys been? I mean, if I'm let me put it this way: if I'm the chair of the party, I'm holding emergency meetings trying to figure out what the heck happened. He needs to resign. There is no leadership.

It's a ship without a rudder. It's a ship without an engine. It's a real joke. I'm very involved. I do what I do, but Um we it just I could talk about it for hours, but the bottom line is we are almost like a Titanic as the state GOP.

It has to be done by grassroots because the establishment is just a failure. Are you guys going to be able to muster the troops you need to, for example, beat John Osoff and take back one of those Senate seats? Very good question. I would say right today, the odds are against that because there's no passion, there's no organization. You know?

There's no leadership. It's concerning. And again, Georgia was identified early on as one of the battleground states that Republicans really needed to win. And by the way, nationwide, Republicans are crushing it. They've got millions of dollars in the bank.

Democrats are in the negative. They are in negative dollar range right now.

So the Republicans, at least from the financial side, they've got a massive edge. The question is, what are they doing with that money? And on the state level, what is being done to mobilize people and energize the base? And I am telling you, Tom, I have seen this in Texas. I've seen it here in Tennessee.

we're watching it play out right now, for example, in North Carolina and now in Georgia. That tells me we have got a problem and we got to fix it. We've got to fix it because we have too much at stake in November. Future of their country is at stake. Because if the Democrats get the House and the Senate, they will impeach Trump.

That is the plan. Oh, no doubt about that. That's why I don't care if they're the most liberal Republicans out there. You got to vote Republican because we've got to save the president from this. And Donald Trump doesn't deserve any of it.

None of this is his fault, by the way. I mean, this is Donald Trump's doing what he promised to do. I think a lot of the blowback coming from the fact we've elected people who are not living up to their campaign promises on the Republican side of the aisle. And number two, you've got state parties where they're trying to shove. The grassroots volunteers out of the picture.

And when you do that, you demoralize the base of the party. No question, no question. The Republican Party needs to run on the successes of Trump bringing back jobs to America. It's the American system, and that has to be the flag that they carry. All right.

Well, Tom, thank you for the call, and thank you for the heads up there. And I guess it makes sense. It's so frustrating to me. And I saw this play out firsthand and up close and personal, and it was ugly. And I will just say this, that local Republican politics is a whole lot uglier than national politics.

And some of these people, and let me, can I just say it in some of these cases, the Christian Republicans, wow. Talking about the devil. I'm just telling you, it is ugly.

So, all that to say is that there's no need for the ugliness. None whatsoever. But I do know that once Trump leaves, you know, Trump is going to be gone. And in two years, he'll be gone. and there will be a civil war like you have never seen.

For control of the Republican Party. It's going to be insane. Because right now, the establishment, they don't really have control. I mean, they have control in the states, but not nationally. Trump's in control.

But you watch, it's going to be an ugly, ugly battle. And as bad as things are with us, I mean, the Democrats, they're gone. I mean, their party I was listening to my good buddy Doug Schoen, who's a Democrat, and Doug Shoan said last night on a Fox News channel that his party is gone. It's been taken over by the radical progressives. It's it's done.

All right, let's go to the phones here. Mike in Gainesville, Georgia. W-D-U-N, our great affiliate there. Mike, what's on your mind? Hello, Mike.

Yes. Yes. Uh, Tom got a letter the other day. I've been, I've got a rich person, I'm an old man. Bad.

I do send some money and they send me smart 'cause money for the Republican Party two or three times as a matter of record. I got a a letter the other day That there was a this card made from the organ uh was Republican organization. I'm the charter member. I can set a card and everything.

Okay, but a week before that I'd sent a Got a letter J.D. Sumner to I. D. Sumner, a vice president. And I sent some money to him before that and and I still got a letter from that.

I and I r I did I said the same thing. I wiped my hands up. I ain't gonna he gonna miss my money, but you know, you just A few dollars here, a few dollars there. That ma accounts for a lot of money.

So, what were they?

So, you've been giving them money, and do they want more money? Is that what that was all about? Yes, that's. Yes, that's what it is. That's no problem with that.

I don't give a big amount. Don't get me wrong. But and I I have been sitting more more than two, more than three times, bunny. And uh not much. But uh I'm a vowed R Republican, but I'm about to change my mind.

getting a letter like that too. What did the letter say? What did the letter say, Mike?

Okay, I need s send some more money to them in short. I can't remember exactly the word for it. If I didn't send some money, they're going to take me off ch the membership of the Republican Party. What? They sent me a press yes, yes, sir.

They sent me a pr a press pressed card like a like a credit card. number and everything was with the president picture on it and everything, what, about two or three, four months ago. And more than that, I guess. It's been a long time. Wow.

You know what I did, Mike? When they kicked the grassroots out, I said, Well, if they don't want the grassroots, they sure don't want my money.

So I just stopped sending them anything. That's what I did. That's what I got there.

Well, good for you. A lot of times. I'm sorry, the Protestant party needs to need to butt this. I don't know who's in charge of all of them. But something needs to be done.

I don't know what. I'm just the old man sitting around listening. I can get out in politics. But I say he he's not in good shape around game field groceries, I tell you. I pray there is not.

Mm. Mm. Mm. All right. Uh, Mike, I appreciate that call.

You sound like a great American patriot to me, sir, but my goodness gra no, that's no, in all seriousness. They They were like, well, we really don't want your opinion. We want your money. And I'm like, okay, well, you're not going to get either, but good luck to you. This story out of Florida.

This is just a disgusting story. A Florida math teacher. Could lose her teaching certificate. We've got the story up at ToddSterns.com. She could lose her teaching certificate after she told students, Trump deserves a bullet through the head.

The Education Commissioner Anastasios Comansas. Says Hazel Washburn. made that statement in class at Land O'Lakes High School in October. They named the school after Botter. Who would have thought?

The Florida Education Commissioner says, I found probable cause to pursue sanctions against her teaching certificate and will take every available step to ensure she never teaches again. Teachers are entrusted with shaping young minds and must foster civil discourse. celebrating or encouraging violence is fundamentally inconsistent with that responsibility and will not be tolerated. And I'm just telling you. An alarming number of teachers are using their taxpayer funded classrooms to create armies of radical left wing militants.

This is why, by the way, you've got these young people out there that are turning themselves into snipers trying to kill people that are conservative. including our great president.

So again, it goes back to something we talked about in the first hour of the show today. When is the Department of Education going to be defunded and dismantled? When are we going to officially return control of these taxpayer funded schools back to the states and local communities. When is that going to happen? Because that's the only way you're going to be able to get a handle on all this stuff.

And I want somebody at Lando Lakes High School there in Florida to explain to me What shooting President Trump in the head has to do with mathematics. That's what I want to know. All right, we got to take a break here, folks. 901-260-5926. Our telephone number that's 901-260-5926.

This is the Todd Stern Show. Oh boy, oh boy. Dylan, we got a little problem here. I knew this was going to happen when you've got so many foreigners over here. And sometimes things are going to get lost in translation.

And, Dylan, we've got a problem. A British guy wanted to go work out, and you know, they give you all the paperwork you got to fill out, right?

So, you got to fill out all the paperwork. And so the guy, he's from Scotland. I said he's England. He's Scottish. And he told the lady, the gym receptionist, excuse me, can I get a rubber?

And she kind of freaked out. And she goes, Excuse me? He goes, Yeah, I need a rubber so I can rub this out. Oh, he made it worse. And he's making it worse as he's going on.

Finally, finally, she figured out that that's what they actually call the eraser. On the end of a pencil.

Okay. A rubber. A rubber. Yeah, we don't call it that here. No.

Mm-mm. No. That's a tough one. There's a something got lost in translation. Poor guy.

He almost became a registered sex offender. Yeah. I'm glad they they all shared a good laugh about it. But you know, I'm just it depends. I mean, if you're in a it depends on what part of the country you're in, that's either a pretty darn funny joke or you're going to jail.

And there's not much wiggle on. It's kind of like, do you want to go smoke a FAG, right? Here in America, that would mean you want to go shoot somebody who's gay, but over in the UK, it means that you want to go smoke a cigarette. Yeah. Very, very different meanings.

Big time games. See?

Sorry, we don't say that over here. We'll take that back to your country. That's right. Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

All right. So just. Just be careful, folks. That's all. Just be careful.

And if they're talking with an accent, they probably don't have a clue what they're talking about.

So just bear with them. Let's go to Kathy in Salem, Oregon, listening to us on KYKN. Hi, Kathy. What's going on? Yeah.

Have you heard all of the uh Europeans that are here for the FIFA soccer games. They're loving our country. They do love America. They're saying their governments are just lying to them about us. I love it.

It's true. I do too. I think it's a beautiful thing. I think this has done more for world relations than anything else. Yeah.

I have a comment about the school fund defunding schools. And I have no idea why they haven't done it. I've been hearing about it for two years. Um Why don't we give the school system Detroit. You can either be defunded.

or we're putting cameras in the classroom. What thank you. Oh, I love that idea, Kathy.

So basically, if the cop, you know, like cops are wearing body cameras, so we ought to put cameras in the classrooms. Yep, they don't want cameras in the classrooms. I mean, they were up in arms about that when it's brought up, but.

Okay, we'll either defund you Or this is what it's going to be. Yeah, Kathy, I see what you. I love this idea. Yeah, this is good. This is good, Kathy.

Okay. That's all I had to say.

Well, thank you for calling in, Kathy from Oregon. But yeah, I, you know, I think I do wonder, though, with the cameras in the classroom, would that cut down on a lot of all of this nastiness? Do you, I think it would. By the way, over the weekend, I don't know if you saw the U.S. Open.

Dylan, there was a great moment. Miles Russell, I think he finished seventh overall. Um 17 year old kid. Great golfer, going to be going to Florida, I believe Florida State. To play college golf.

So, anyway, it's Father's Day, and so he decided to pull a little joke on his dad. And so his dad was summoned over, and it turned out that the caddy took off his Caddy blazer and gave it to the dad. And so the dad got to be his son's caddy on the last toll, the 18th century. That's amazing. Oh, it was pretty awesome.

heartwarming but then there was like Then there was chaos. I guess there was a lot of heckling going on. At this golf tournament. Can't do that over there. No, you can't do it.

You shouldn't do it. Like rule number one. Yeah. So they're trying to figure out, you know, are they is it time for golf to go full-blown Augusta National? No phones, none of that stuff.

And because it was the heckling was just off the charts. But anyway, the feel-good story was 17-year-old Miles Russell, just a great little golfer.

So there you go. All right, coming up, we're going to be checking with Ralph Reed. Also, the New York Times commemorating Father's Day by publishing an illustrated essay on a woman pretending to be a man. And the children are saying, There are these cartoons. The children say, You can't grow a beard, you're a girl.

And then the child says, My dad did, and he was a girl. It got ugly.

So they celebrated Father's Day by publishing stories by people who were, in fact, not fathers.

So there you have it. Also. Preschool hosting a drag queen show for four-year-olds. We'll tell you about that as well. 901-260-5926, our telephone number.

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Right time. Stars. And hello, everybody. Welcome to our three of the big show. Great to have you with us wherever you might be listening or watching us across the fruited play.

Wow, we have got a jam-packed program for you. Coming up in just a matter of moments, we're going to be talking to Paul Renner, who is running to be governor in the great state of Florida. A big controversy right now underway. Republicans wanting a debate, but the establishment Republicans there saying absolutely no debate.

So we're going to be talking with Paul Renner in just a little while. Write down our telephone number. You will need this if you plan on calling in this hour of the show, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Well, there is a major, major conservative conference happening this week in our nation's capital.

It's the annual Road to Majority Conference. I want to go right away to our Patriot mobile newsmaker line and welcome our good friend Ralph Reed from the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Ralph, hope you're doing well today. I'm doing great, Todd. Great to be with you.

Thanks for having me as always. And congratulations. You guys have been doing this for over sixteen years now, and it really has become the premier conservative gathering in our nation's capital.

Well, it really has, Todd. We're not quite sold out. We're very close to selling out. We'll be filling the largest ballroom. in our nation's capital, the Washington Hilton.

Which I think the capacity is 2,500. We're going to have some overflow. Our room block is sold out, and we have about half of the cabinet. coming. Congressional leaders over seventy speakers and the White House announced this morning that President Donald J.

Trump will grace our stage for the tenth time. on uh Friday afternoon.

Well, that's it's a tremendous thing whenever the President speaks, and you guys throw one heck of a great conference. What do you anticipate hearing from the President this year as we head into the midterm elections?

Well, by the time he steps out on that stage on Friday, we'll be right at one hundred and thirty days. from one of the most important midterm elections in our lifetimes. And make no mistake about it, Todd, even though President Trump will not be on the ballot in November. his agenda and his presidency will be on the ballot. If they were to take control of the House, and especially if they were to get the House and the Senate.

You can count on at a minimum. Another impeachment effort. Maybe multiple impeachment efforts. They will do everything they can to expand the Supreme Court. Not to 11 or 13 members, but maybe as many as 21.

They will try to admit Puerto Rico and Guam and DC as states. and the investigations, the quote unquote oversight. the harassment of this administration and Trump family members Todd, there will be, it will be unlike anything we've ever seen. And Todd, you know, we already saw, I think it was 47 days. I may have the day.

Uh, count wrong, but I I think it was roughly forty seven days that they shut down. A broad swath of our government. Uh you know, earlier. Uh you That that'll be nothing. compared to what they'll do.

They won't pay our military. It won't tay pay our border patrol or our Um You know, ice, um They'll probably try to abolish the Border Patrol and ICE.

So we got to do our job in 130 days. And by the way, early voting begins. In only 100 days.

So I don't think that's all the President's gonna talk about, but I think he's gonna urge us to do the job again. that we did in twenty twenty four to turn out the largest Christian vote In modern American political history, and Todd, you know this, we knocked on. 9.7 million doors in the battleground states and districts. It was the largest ground gape operation. By an outside group outside the party on our side of the ball in history.

It's really remarkable the amount of work that you guys do, and honestly, the effectiveness of it. And Ralph, we've been hearing reports for quite some time from a lot of our listeners about this, I don't know, lethargy within the Republican Party right now. We've seen this play out in a lot of the primaries that have already been held where you're just not getting a lot of people out and voting. Over the weekend, they had a pretty small turnout at the Georgia Rodeo, which was supposed to be some big event to launch the Republican slate of candidates in the state of Georgia.

So I'm just wondering, what have you been able to figure out? Why is it that Republicans just seem, I don't know, maybe a little complacent? And what's it going to take to light a fire under those voters? Because we need everybody out and voting in the midterms. Yeah, well, I wish it weren't the case, Todd, but it is the case, and I've seen it throughout my political career that sometimes.

Negative energy is more powerful and energizing than. Positive. Energy, and you saw it for us in 24, you know. We were scared to death about Kamala Harris. presidency and whether it was the highest inflation in forty years.

The worst border crisis on our southern border in American history and all the, you know, and Biden's clear. infirmity in the office. You know, there was real fear and real anger, and that was a negative force that drove a massive turnout.

Well, now. They've got that on their side. And right now, if you look at the most recent, I think, ABC News Washington Post poll. The Democrats and the Liberals enjoy a roughly fourteen-point advantage. on turnout and enthusiasm.

So we've got a very short period of time to turn that around. I mean, here's the good news. The election isn't tomorrow. It's it's in 134 days.

So we've got time to turn this around. But if we don't turn it around. It's going to be a very ugly picture in November. And people need to be reminded. of what a Democratic House and Senate would look like.

I think that's a great point. And I've been telling people, I don't care. I don't care how bad the Republicans have betrayed you or have not done what you said they would do. It's not about them. It's about protecting President Trump at the end of the day.

And it's about protecting the Supreme Court. And I think you're right. I think we've got to make sure that people understand exactly what is at stake here. And down the road, clearly, Ralph, I think we're going to have to all have conversations about what the future of the Republican Party looks like after Donald Trump and making sure that people of faith have a very firm role in shaping what that party looks like. I couldn't agree more.

I mean, it's. You know, people don't like to hear this, Todd, but self-identified born-again evangelicals are about half. of the entire Republican vote. I mean, if you look at the votes that Donald Trump got, and he got about. seventy seven million votes, give or take in twenty twenty four.

Um you know, right at 43 million of those. We were born-again evangelicals. And by the way, that was eight million more. Than he got in 2016. It was 17 million more.

Then Mitt Romney got in 2012.

So The idea that you can have a Republican majority of any kind without voters of faith. And that doesn't even include mainline conservative Protestants who might not identify as born again evangelicals, and it doesn't include most pro life Catholics.

So you put them in the mix, Todd. It's about two thirds of the Republican vote And if they were raptured tomorrow, I mean, there wouldn't be a Republican Party.

So, yeah, we've got to make sure. that our role remains significant because there's no future without it. All right. Well, again, a large part of that actually starts this week in Washington, D.C. Ladies and gentlemen, you heard Ralph say just a few minutes ago they do have a few places still available, a few tickets available.

You need to be at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to the Majority Conference. This is the way to get the base energized. Ralph, where can people go if they want to get tickets? If they want tickets, I would urge them to go immediately and go to FF as in Faith and Freedom, FFcoalition.com. That's ffcoalition.com.

Or they can just Google Road to Majority Conference, and it'll take them to the same landing page. They can order tickets. There are still some packages available. And we would love to have them taught. It starts.

Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. and runs through Saturday night with our gala. All right. And let me tell you, that's always one heck of a great gala. Ralph Reed knows how to throw a good party.

Ralph. Good to see you, my friend. And here's hoping for an incredible week in Washington. Thank you, Todd. All right.

Always good to be with you, my friend. Good to see you as well. Ralph Reed, everybody, the Faith and Freedom Coalition, the big road to the majority conference. And again, if you want tickets, ffcoalition.com. That's ffcoalition.com.

Well, I do have some very sad news to share with you, breaking news coming out of Gainesville, Georgia this afternoon. Breaking news now on the Todd Starn Show.

Well, just during the conversation with Ralph, I received some very, very sad news. For many, many, many people around the nation, especially those of you that listen to WDUN. And wanted to share this information with you. The great Martha Zoller, who has been a guest on this program for many, many times, filled in for me a time or two. Martha Zoller passed away today.

It was a very sudden thing. The news and information on accessnorthgeorgia.com, that's accessnorthgeorgia.com. But Martha Zoller, passing away, she hoped Hosted the Martha Zoller Show on WDUN. And had been a regular on-air voice for the station. Are you ready for this from 1994 to 2009?

She passed away this morning at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville after a sudden illness. The irony is that That she had announced plans, I believe, last week or week before last. To step away from her daily radio program. Because of some ongoing health concerns. We are just so stunned.

To hear this news. She was really a great, great lady and an incredible broadcaster. Our good friend Bill Main. And every Tuesday, I'm on Bill Main's program on WDUN in the early morning hours. Bill Main writing this: I am stunned.

When I spoke with her before the show on Friday, she was full of energy and we were sharing some jokes. She texted from the hospital. I think back on all the calls we shared during her time away. We kept up with each other, and I was excited when she returned to WTUN. More than a great broadcaster, she was a great friend.

Always willing to help whomever she could. Wherever she could, Martha ran for Congress as a Republican in twenty twelve and was also a member of the State Board of Education. She represented District nine there in Northeast Georgia. But she was An incredibly prominent, prominent. pundit there in the State of Georgia and of course nationwide, Martha Zoller has gone home to be with the Lord, And I'm sure some of you great listeners at WGUN might want to call in and share your thoughts about Martha.

Just a lovely, lovely lady, and we are going to miss her voice on the radio. 901-260-5926 Our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, and the following is some breaking news here on the Todd Stearns Radio Show from Gainesville, Georgia: the great Martha Zoller. One of the nation's most respected political pundits.

She was a regular guest on this radio program, and she was always a part of our election night coverage. Martha Zoller has passed away. She died suddenly this morning. At a hospital in northeast Georgia, she She had a heart problem. And she was a dear friend and a powerful voice on the radio.

And certainly, I hope all of us in our audience will just say a prayer for Martha's family, but also say a prayer for Martha's radio family at WDUN, some of the most precious people On the um On the radio. Mm-mm. Good people at WDUN, and it's just a shock, a shock. To them today. And when you do this five days a week, three hours a day, you sort of become family.

Even if you don't know the people personally, you feel like you do and you feel like you're a part of their lives. And one of the things that we try to do on this program is I just try to be open and share with you. If I'm having a good day or a bad day, I sort of let you know. And that's what it's like in the radio business, in the radio world. Let's go to the phone lines.

901 260 5926, our number. That's 901 260 5926. Doug in Gainesville, Georgia, W D U N. Hi, Doug. What's on your mind today?

Well, as you know, I've called and talked to you a number of times and thanked you for all your incredible work. Spread your voice, the conservative. Religious message, and Martha did the same thing here. I'm trying, it's just I it broke my heart. It broke my heart.

I used to call into her as positive Doug, because I always wanted to say something positive, and she was so receptive.

So I'll leave it at that. It breaks my heart. And Martha, We'll see you on the other side, honey. Nobody gets out of here alive, and I'm looking forward to hearing her voice again. Thanks for everything you do, Todd.

You are. You're the best. That's all I can say. Bye. Doug, thank you for that.

Positive Doug.

Next time he calls in, I want to make sure that we call him Positive Doug on the radio. We need more callers like that. I you know, I I think back to Um You know what I've been going through just with my heart situation, and it just really hits home. It really does. And you never know, you never know when the Lord is going to call you home.

I will tell you, Martha was just a devout Christian woman as well, and she loved the Lord. She was driving through, we were trying to meet up just a couple of weeks ago. She was driving her daughter to Arizona. Her daughter was taking a job out there, and so we were not able to do that. But she was on the air, if you remember, she called in.

She was in the car as they were driving somewhere on I-40. But anyway, we certainly. We certainly do miss. We're going to miss Martha. And I know you folks in Georgia are going to miss her as well.

901-260-5926, our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. If maybe you'd like to say something about Martha, I know we have a lot of listeners in North Georgia. We're going to take your calls and we'll do our part to share in the great memories as we grieve the passing of a dear, dear friend. Coming up, we're going to be talking to Paul Renner, who is running for governor in the great state of Florida.

There's a lot of controversy down there, and we'll be getting into all of that. Again, our number: 901-260-5926. Again, that's 901-260-5926. Hang tight, everybody. This is the Todd Stern Show.

And welcome back, everybody. This is the Todd Stearns Radio Show, Monday edition of the program. Trust you are doing well today. Our telephone number: 901-260-5926. That's 901-269.

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Well, there's been A lot of controversy in the state of Florida over the gubernatorial race and the state party stepping in and tipping the scales in favor of Congressman Byron Donalds.

Well, former House Speaker Paul Renner says the GOP in Florida is cheating voters out of its opportunity to weigh the merits of the candidates by refusing to stage a debate. And I want to go right away to our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line and say hello to the former House Speaker, Paul Renner. Paul, good to have you back with us. Todd, great to be with you. I just, you know, I'm as conservative as they come and I'm as Republican as they come, but I really draw a line in the sand here.

If you're going to want to run for office, you need to be willing to stand and debate. And it bothers me when these candidates will not do that. But now to have the party step in, this is a new one on me.

Well, conservatives and Republicans are supposed to believe in competition and putting the best possible candidate in front of the voters to run against the Democrat. And now you have at really Congressman Donald's direction, to be honest, the state party weighing in and saying we've come up with some arbitrary criteria that was never published, never agreed to until last week it was published. That coincidentally, nobody but Byron and Donalds can meet, and therefore there won't be any debates. But there are debates. There's a debate on July 15th, July 21st, which I agreed to back in February.

The other Byron has not agreed to that debate, but there will be other candidates there. I plan to be there. The voters want a debate. They deserve a debate, and it's disrespectful to them not to have a debate. I know we're dealing with a similar situation in the state of Tennessee, Marshall Blackburn, who I have endorsed, leading the field by a significant amount.

You've got Congressman John Rose and State Representative Monty Fritz, the latter two wanting to hold debates, Senator Blackburn not doing a debate. According to the most recent polling, and you may have other polling data, so my apologies if this is outdated. But June 11th, the AIF poll showed Donalds leading the primary by 46 points. I don't care if he's ahead by 70 points. If there are other candidates in the race, you got to debate.

Well, that's a junk poll. AIF, first of all, is endorsed by Ron Donalds. It was a 200-voter sample. It's not a quality debate. We show him in the high 20s, low 30s, with undecided leading the field, which is a bad place to be with a Trump endorsement and a year and a half in the race and spending a lot of money.

This race is wide open. And one of the ways that voters can determine who they want as their next governor is debates. And so, again, if you can't. debate your fellow Republicans, you can't lead. If you can't debate your fellow Republicans, how can you go up against the Democrats?

And how can you protect the free state of Florida that along with Governor DeSantis, I helped build as a leader in the legislature? What is it about Donalds that gives you pause?

Well, it's a lot of things on the qualifiers. You know, like I was 20 years in the military, two wars, prosecutor, business owner, all before politics.

So experience versus Donaldson, Grand Canyon Gap, as well as a Grand Canyon gap on results. As I mentioned, the governor said that our two years when I led the legislature won matched, they called it the session of the century. James Madison Institute did, conservative think tank. We got more done in those two years, and then Byron Donalds has gotten his whole political career. And then when it comes to going to the fight when others run for the fight, Amendment 3 and 4, you know, Amendment 4, I stood up for life to defeat the Extreme Abortion Amendment.

I passed the Heartbeat Protection Act when I was speaker. Nobody else showed up to that fight like I did. I put $2 million out of a political committee in 2024 alone between that and school board races because that's what leaders are supposed to do. Not in my job description, not a requirement for the speaker, but just like the governor, I don't want the left to win and take down the state of Florida and make us a potter abortion state. Byron Donalds didn't show up.

He sent out a tweet, and that's just not leadership. No, I'm with you there. You've got to be willing to debate, and there's just really no way around that, in my estimation. Um uh one of the the candidates that certainly has been uh causing a lot of controversy out there is uh what uh fish Fischbach, is that his name? Um yeah.

What is is he actually viable? Jimmy J uh James Fischbach. He's got a large following among younger people. He is a creature of social media. And so he is running a campaign that has been, to the extent it's had any success.

It's been successful by people who consume all their information on social media. But I don't think in the long term he has a shot to beat Byron. I think I'm the only one, frankly, that can both beat Byron Donald's and beat David Jolly. The Democrats have put up a ticket that I think is going to be a viable ticket if it's a tough election year. And if you have it, I talked about the qualifiers, Todd.

If you have a candidate that has challenges, and Byron does, missed a lot of votes in Congress, gotten rich in office, these types of things that will trip him up in a general election, I believe I'm the only one that can beat David Jolly in the general election. And again, to that point, Florida has really been this great example of conservative leadership. You've had a lot of people moving there because of the tax situation on down to cost of living. You don't want to blow all those things up by electing Democrats by having bad candidates or unvetted candidates that simply just refuse to debate.

Well, and that's it. I mean, if you say that, you know, I'm anointed and you've got to do your job and vote for me. I talked to a lot of people. I'm one of them that supported the president throughout that are strong Trump supporters who say, I'm not voting for this guy, Donalds, that is, because he's not the right guy for Florida and I'm voting for you. And so we see that wherever we go.

Obviously, we've got to get to that voter who's never going to go to an event or see us on social media or listen to your show, though everybody should listen to your show, Todd. But that's just reality that some people will sit at home and be on Fox News all day long. And that is going to be someone who's going to tend toward Byron Donald's. We are reaching them by door knocking, phone banking, and doing the other things necessary to reach those voters. I know the governor has been pretty upset about this, Governor DeSantis.

He says, you know, the party has a very limited role. It really should be a candidate-driven process and not for people to be making decisions who voters have never voted into those positions to begin with.

So line up something with TV, radio. all these different forms, there's a whole host of ways that you can do a debate. I'm just wondering why the party is doing this and what do they have to gain by not having debates?

Well, what they're doing is they're really doing Byron Donald's bidding. And I think there's some internal political reasons for that, but it's not the party's, the party's never done this. The party has no authority to do it, to be clear. And now they're saying, oh, this, you know, there's sanctioned and unsanctioned debates. Look, there's legitimate TV organizations, local TV stations here in Florida that are hosting a debate on July 15th, July 21st.

I'll be there again. If you can't debate, you can't lead. And I'm calling on Byron Donalds and another candidate who has refused to confirm to that debate to show up with the other candidates and let's have a debate. And if Byron Donalds performs well there, maybe he'll be our next governor, but I don't think so. He just doesn't have a record to run on.

He's really an empty suit when it comes to experience, results, and leadership. And so we look forward to the debate and we'll be there. All right. Well, look, I have great respect for any Republicans willing to debate, and I think that just makes us stronger as a party. And honestly, when you look at the general election, you want a candidate that has been vetted in the heat of those debates.

I'm going to give you the final word on that, Paul.

Well, I agree. And look, we're also not just the right messenger, but the right message on affordability to eliminate homestead property taxes. I'm the only one with a viable plan that can do that while playing for police and firing schools, reduce insurance rates, electric rates, stop these hyperscale data centers. And as a former prosecutor, I'm endorsed by the largest police organization. We're going to keep Florida safe and we're going to keep it free as the architect of the free state of Florida, protect it and expand it.

Voterenner.com is the website address, ladies and gentlemen. That's voterenner.com. Go and check it out. You can also follow Paul there, links to all of his social media platforms. Again, voterenner.com.

Paul, we're going to have to leave it there. Good luck to you. Thank you, sir.

Well, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. And again. If it's happening in Florida, it's going to be happening all over the place. And the question is very simple as we go to break. Should these Republican candidates debate during the primary?

Yes or no? 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, let's go to the phones here.

Richard in Ocala, Florida, W-O-C-A. Richard, you just heard from Paul Renner. What do you think? Yeah. Well, I want to thank you first that you interviewed him.

Thank you for taking my call, Mr. Todd. I actually heard him being interviewed by local. Radio commentator here, maybe a week ago, and I liked every single thing that Paul Renner said. I feel 100% in my heart and mind.

That he's the one we want, that he's the true conservative. I realize that Trump endorsed the other guy, Mr. Donnell, but Trump was wrong. Trump's not a good judge of character all the time. I've said for a long time his first vice president of vice presidential pick.

cost him the twenty twenty election. And I think Uh the second one's not going to be true to him, but I like Trump. I voted for him three times, but I don't he picked the wrong person when he picked Mr. Donalds. I do not think Donalds is a true conservative.

I don't think he's a constitutional conservative. And I believe Renner is. I believe Renner will do everything in his power to keep Florida conservative just like she is. And I hope and pray that if it's God's will, we can get Renner for a governor.

Well, I think there's as much difference as daylight and dark between the two. Looking at, and there are multiple polls here. The McLaughlin and Associates, that would be the Trump poll, by the way. McLaughlin and Associates has Donald's with a 46-point lead. It's Donald, then fishback.

Then Collins and then Renner, and then 31%, and that's the big number there. 31% don't know. You've got 15 candidates running for the Republican primary. We had some folks asking about Bobby Williams on our social media pages. Yes, he is one of the 15 running, but as far as those that are polling, then you have the change research poll.

Pretty much the same lineup: Donalds, Fishback, Collins, and Renner. Stetson University has renter at seven percent. But again, in that one, twenty eight percent are voting don't know, seventeen percent are voting for someone else other than the uh the front runner there.

So All right. Right. It's just my opinion. And I'm strong about it. It's a great opinion.

And I thank you for calling in 901-260-5926. Let's go to Gainesville, Georgia. WDUN. Pat is on the line. Hi, Pat.

What's on your mind today? Hello, Todd. I'd like to pay tribute to Martha. I'm happy for her, but I'm sad for Georgia. She was so politically savvy.

I have learned so much from her. I've listened to her since way before she ran for election and I'm sad I we're gonna miss her. But uh like I said, I'm happy for her. You know, Pat, it's funny. Whenever somebody would ask a question about Georgia politics, my first text message was to Martha Zoller: say, Martha, what the heck is going on in Georgia?

Give me the lowdown. And she'd always do it. Yes, and she had such an awesome philosophy that if We could sit down face to face, Republicans and Democrats. and have a discussion Then we could get things done. It's the same we can't do that more now.

Well, it is, Pat, and I know that you guys are going to miss her voice quite a bit there on WDUN. And we're going to keep doing our best to bring those conversations to you every single day, not just on WDUN, but radio stations around the country. Pat, thank you so much for calling in, and we certainly appreciate your kind words. And I know our friends at WDUN appreciate that today. Such a tight-knit group of folks at that radio station, and it's really like family over there.

So, certainly, I hope all of you folks listening to us on WDUN, you give them a call and let them know you're thinking about them and you're praying for them. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Oh, here we go. This is Bill Maher.

And you know, I Bill Maher had Kenny Chesney on. And they were talking about all they were talking about all sorts of stuff. But one of the interesting things about comedians, they don't like to go to these university campuses anymore because it's too woke and the kids don't have a sense of humor. And they really don't like doing the comedy clubs up north because the northerners, by and large, do not have a sense of humor.

So Bill Maher was talking about how much he loves doing shows in the South. Take a listen to Cut 8. You know, the ones I really, I mean, I loved all the ones, but I especially liked the ones in the South. There was the truck stop. The truck stop in Raleigh.

Yeah. And, you know, I do have an affection, not just for that part of the country, because I played it my whole life. Those are my people. And those are your people. And I love your people.

And I hate it that America and the kind of snobby people that I rub shoulders with a lot out here. I'm sorry, but that is a lot of what Los Angeles is. Very uber woke snobby types who just. And I think I used to be more of them. I'm glad I'm not.

And I think traveling the country and being in those places just gave me a very different perspective than people who just stay here. Because, you know, I always have more fun there. I like the audience better usually because they were generally liberal, but not stick up their ass woke, like anti. Because politically interesting. You can't say anything to them.

Yeah, that's correct.

So I would always have a better time in Huntsville, Alabama or where NASA is. Did you ever play Knoxville? I'm from Knoxville, Tennessee. Did you ever go there? Of course.

I played them all. Yeah, you know, it's interesting. And Dylan, I will say you went to the oh, who's the guy, the comedian that I like? I can't remember his name. Jane Gillis.

Yes, thank you. Yes. You know, those are the kinds of comedians I love. Me too. I mean, they're not afraid to really say anything.

I mean, they haven't changed their jokes based off of. You know, where they are in the country, and I was luckily, I was able to be in Birmingham, Alabama.

So, really, it was a bunch of people that laughed at things that are actually funny, not was scared to. dance around something that could have been woke or something. Right. I mean, so I think for a comedian, if you're like a Bill Maher and you've got an audience that is just with you and they're laughing at some of the most inappropriate stuff, that's just going to give you the impetus you need to deliver a better show, as opposed to just worrying about whether or not you're going to say something that's going to get you in trouble. You don't want to be run out of town.

I think most comedians are, they would say they're liberal, but they're tired of the woke crowd. Because, I mean, the jokes that they say are not going to be for those people. It's going to be for people that really genuinely enjoy.

Someone said, no, I'm with you.

Somebody said this, and I can't remember who it was. They said, you know, the difference between a liberal and a leftist, a liberal is somebody you may disagree with, but at least you're still going to invite them over to have a barbecue. You know, the leftist wants to shoot you. Exactly. It's true, though.

Oh, my goodness. All right. It's been a wild start to the week. Thank you for bearing with us on the Westwood One satellite issues. Glad we got all that resolved.

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They're doozies. Get out there and be good, everybody.